Title Fuelling insecurity : energy securitization in Azerbaijan / Aurora Ganz

Published Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2022 ©2022

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Description 1 online resource Contents Front Cover -- Fuelling Insecurity: Energy Securitization in Azerbaijan -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- 1 Introduction -- The politics of energy securitization -- Beyond the material/ideational dichotomy -- A sociological approach to energy securitization -- Notes on the methods -- Outline of the book -- 2 An Analysis of Actually Existing Energy Securitizations -- The original sin of energy security -- From energy security to energy securitization -- Actually existing energy securitization -- Five theses on energy securitization 3 Energy Securitization in the Land of Fire -- The four axes of the national security discourse -- Energy security and Azerbaijan's sense of self: building the nation through securitization -- 4 Everyday Practices of Energy Security in Azerbaijan -- Who does energy security in Azerbaijan? -- The army -- The presidential agencies: the Special State Protection Service, the State Border Service and the State Security Service -- Law enforcement and civil defence: the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Emergency Situations -- SOCAR Department of Security Energy securitization, state building and power consolidation -- Energy securitization: a fragmented terrain of multiple security practices -- 5 Beyond the National Borders: NATO and Energy Security in Azerbaijan -- International actors and energy security in Azerbaijan -- NATO's security discourse: energy as a global concern -- NATO's energy security practices: interoperability, standardization and pedagogy -- 6 Energy Securitization and the Private Sector: The Case of BP -- The peculiar liberalization of Azerbaijan's oil and gas industry Security as autonomy, efficiency and self-responsibility -- BP: an energy company that provides security -- Energy securitization and neoliberalism -- 7 Energy (In)Securitization: Abusive Security Practices and Poor Energy Choices -- (In)security practices: force, abuse and violence -- Abuse, harassment and violence -- The social costs of energy securitization: rising inequality -- Land expropriation and grabbing -- Energy securitization and Azerbaijan's energy policies -- Energy securitization and the domestic energy market -- Environmental degradation -- Poor investment in the energy industry Energy securitization and chaotic security practices -- 8 Conclusion -- Theorizing energy securitization -- Contribution and ways forward -- References -- Index -- Back Cover Summary This book examines the extensive network of security professionals and the wide range of practices that have spread in Azerbaijan's energy sector. It unpacks the interactions of state, supra-state, and private security organisations and argues that energy security has enabled and normalised a coercive way of exercising power Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 17, 2021) Subject Energy security -- Azerbaijan Energy security -- Political aspects -- Azerbaijan Energy industries -- Azerbaijan Energy industries -- Corrupt practices -- Azerbaijan Private security services -- Azerbaijan Energy policy -- Azerbaijan Energy industries Energy industries -- Corrupt practices Energy policy Energy security Politics and government Private security services SUBJECT Azerbaijan -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94005366 Subject Azerbaijan Form Electronic book ISBN 1529216710 9781529216707 1529216702 9781529216714

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